Live music and visuals at the Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE)
conference on Friday night from 11:00pm to 2:00am.

Presented
by createdigitalmusic.com, createdigitalmotion.com, and Radio
Statler.

From robotic drummers to balance boards, sci-fi noir to spam folder,
from circuit-bent to 8-bit to lots of bits and 3D data packets,
it's an unusual night of hacked digital performance at one of the
world's most notorious hacker gatherings.

Live Music:

Ezekiel Honig (Anticipate/Microcosm founder) explores warmth in
electro-acoustic music "into a comfortable space between techno, house
and ambient"

Ben Neill, "mad scientist of dancefloor jazz" (CMJ Magazine)
continues to evolve live music with his newly-redesigned, original
mutantrumpet

"Hackers to Track Visitors at The Last HOPE" reads the
headline on blogs and news sites across the Internet.

This summer, hackers from around the world will track the
movements of thousands of visitors to New York City.

As part of a social experiment, attendees at a hacker conference
in July will be issued badges with electronic tracking devices. Large
displays will show in real-time where people go, with whom they
associate, for how long and how often.

The tracking technology, known as RFID, is fast becoming an
unseen part of everyday life. This July, for the very first time, the
general public will be able to participate in the transparent operation
of a major RFID tracking program.

Conference attendees will participate in games built around the
tracking system. Players will seek ways to protect their privacy, find
vulnerabilities in the tracking system, employ data mining techniques to
learn more about other participants, and choose how much personal
information they will disclose in order to play.

This demonstration will be open to the public at The Last HOPE
conference from July 18-20 at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City.
The first 1500 preregistrants will be guaranteed an RFID badge enabling
them to participate in the game.

Do you have a lab, factory, warehouse, or other "hacker space"?
Do you know there are other hackers in your area who want to build one?
The Last HOPE is building the first "hackerspace village" to help bring
together existing project spaces and inspire efforts to build them. Show
hackers from around the world how you built your space, what you're
doing with it, or what you would do if you had one! Learn about, build,
and help grow the global hackerspace movement. E-mail hackerspace@hope.net with some
details about your space or plans for building one.

A coat check for live servers. Bring your box, we'll put it in a
cage and plug it into a switch for you so it's on the network. Looking
for BBS servers, video servers, game servers, Asterisk boxes, etc. For
reservations email projects@hope.net.

There will be a gathering spot for phone phreaks and their
hardware. Visitors to this space will be able to call anywhere in the
world for free using converted old payphones, "butt-sets,"
rotary phones, and all other manner of classic teledevices hooked
through an Asterix box and an off-site service. People will also be able
to call-in to the conference.